Dread and Wraith

Dread

Dread noun - Something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason.

Usage example: speaking in public is a perennial dread for many people

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Wraith and dread are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wraith" instead a noun "Dread".

Nearby Words: dreadful, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading, dreader

Wraith noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

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Dread and wraith are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dread" instead a noun "Wraith".

old	old dread	old wraith
regular	regular dread	regular wraith
terrible	terrible dread	terrible wraith
former	former dread	former wraith
Other adjectives: few, mysterious.

The villain Dread is a summoned wraith that can drain the life force of opponents and thus lower their Constitution score for the duration of the adventure.

Source: Life Energy
The Skull card makes a dread wraith (or, in earlier editions, a "minor death") appear and attack the character, who must then defeat it alone (anyone who helps gets a dread wraith to fight as well)...and if the character loses, he or she is slain forever.

Source: This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself

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